LOS ANGELES – A federal judge on Monday sentenced a man, who had been convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl, to life in prison for producing child porn in the Philippines, officials…
Lawyer Arrested for Accepting $6,000 to Smuggle Witness Out of U.S.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. Law enforcement agents arrested an immigration attorney who tried to help a Chinese national get out of the United States after the woman had been designed as a…
Lawyer Who Stole More than $2 Million from Clients Sentenced to Five Years
ATLANTA A federal judge sentenced former Gwinnett County, Georgia, lawyer Michael Rene Berlon to five years and three months in prison for stealing more than $2 million from clients of his former…
Rabbi Sentenced to Six Years for Secretly Video Recording Women Showering
WASHINGTON D.C. A federal judge sentenced a 63-year-old rabbi who worked for a Jewish congregation in Washington D.C. to six years and six months in prison for secretly recording at least 52…
Misidentified People, Jail Time and Countless Lawsuits – Year 2015
CALIFORNIA The year, 2015 – we have the technology to pinpoint and identify a truck full of ISIS terrorists with weapons moving down an Iraqi highway to some goat-herding village and take…
Company Duped VA to Get Business Contracts Earmarked for Disabled Servicemen
LOS ANGELES A Santa Maria company paid $1 million because it falsely claimed it was a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business to get landscaping and cemetery restoration contracts with the U.S. Department…
“Financial Coach” Sentenced to Nine Years In Prison for Financial Fraud
ST. LOUIS, MO Bryan Binkholder, who labels himself as “The Financial Coach,” was sentenced on Friday to nine years in prison for deceiving the public through his websites, YouTube channel, books and…
Coal Company Hit With $102 Million Fine for Polluting North Carolina River
NORTH CAROLINA Three subsidiaries of the largest utility in the United States plead guilty and were fined $102 million for polluting the Dan River by pouring massive coal ash into the water,…
Art Appraiser Sentenced to Two Years for Smuggling Rhino Horns and Elephant Ivory
TEXAS A federal judge sentenced an appraiser of Asian art to two years and a month in prison for being involved in an illegal wildlife smuggling conspiracy in which rhinoceros horns and…
Heroin Drug Dealer Who Ran Large-Scale Organization Pleads Guilty
TRENTON, NJ—A leader of a large-scale drug trafficking organization admitted Wednesday to conspiring to distribute heroin in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Rufus Young, a/k/a “Equan,” a/k/a “E-Money,” of…
“Lolo” Sentenced to Five Years for Taking Bribes While Virgin Islands Official
VIRGIN ISLANDS The former executive director of the Virgin Islands Legislature, Louis “Lolo” Willis was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison for bribery and extortion, officials said. U.S. District…
L.A. Sheriff’s Former No. 2 Indicted for Allegedly Obstructing FBI’s Jail Probe
LOS ANGELES The former second-in-command of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and a former Sheriff’s Captain were indicted for allegedly obstructing an FBI investigation into jail corruption, beatings and abuse of…